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FUDGE
Definition of FUDGE
noun
A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
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Where it comes from
Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FUDGE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FUDGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFGU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found FUDGE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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